"dialectician" - 1 õppematerjal

History of philosophy

Xanthippe- bad temper, Socrates wife · Taught in the Agora (marketplace) · Taught in the aristocratic youths of Athens including Plato and Alcibiades · Claimed to consult his daimon when he needed the answer to some question Was put on trial for introducing new gods and corrupting the young. (280-220 people found him guilty, 340-160 people asked Apology) Dialectics According to Aristotle, Zeno of Elea was the first dialectician (reductio ad absurdum) - Socratic Dialectics: In the course of a dialogue the truth will come out. Two opposed points of view can be synthesized, retaining the positive element, the truth, of each proposition. - Historical Dialectics: A society carries within it the seeds of its own destruction. As a society grows this element will tend to take over and destroy other elements. When a new